It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.

Pedestals are always lonely.

A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.

When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ... I call it my Necklace of Perfect Joy. When the world goes wrong, I have only to close my eyes and remember all the links in my chain, set with gems, some large and some small, but all beautiful with the beauty which never fades. It is all I can take with me when I go. My material possessions must stay behind, but my Necklace of Perfect Joy will bring me happiness to the end, when I put it on, to be nevermore unclasped.

The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.

It all depends on the way you look at it. The point of view is everything in this world.

Some women are born to be married, some achieve marriage, and others have marriage thrust upon them.